Visitors to a Bristol shopping centre can now park for free for up to four hours following a campaign by a local MP. Parking charges have been scrapped at Kings Chase Shopping Centre in Kingswood as part of the council's regeneration plans for the town.
Free parking at Kings Chase was announced in March following a review of the charges by the council, after a campaign led by Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore gained support from residents and businesses. An hour's parking at the centre had cost around 80p.
The move is part of a masterplan for Kingswood high street which will see a leisure centre and cinema built, and also the pedestrianisation of part of Regent Street. South Gloucestershire Council says four-hour free parking will benefit shoppers and provide a boost for the town centre.
